• Trim one sheet of A4 paper into a square. The easy way to do this is to fold it on the diagonal so that two edges meet and then trim off the excess bit.
• Fold the square on the diagonal.  Fold it on the diagonal again and then one more time.
• Now draw a curved line across the triangle’s base (see video) and trim it off so that your triangle  has a curved lower edge. (You can use a CD to create a neat curve if you’re not confident eye-balling it.)
• Now make some cuts into all three sides of the triangle (see video).
• When you open it out, you should now have a pretty snowflake.
• Use the template to create a ballerina.  Fold the other A4 sheet in half, lengthways, place the template on the fold and cut a mirror image that will be your ballerina.
• Now get the snowflake and fold it in half again.  Make a small shallow cut in the centre, about 4cm in length (see video).  This will be the skirt’s waistband where you will slide the ballerina through.
• Keeping the ballerina folded in half, slip her through the waistband hole you just cut so that she’s wearing the skirt.
• This activity was created by Penny Flanagan.

See how easy that was?  Now you can make a whole company of ballerinas and thread them onto a string to create a garland.

• Thanks to our sister company Kidspot Australia for creating the instructional video and the ballerina template.